Improved bed-bottom



@with tatr getraut @Hita HENRY DOEELE7 OF PHILO, OHIO,v ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND PETER KRIER, OF THE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 67,420, dated August 6, 1867.

IMPROVED BED-BOTTOMP TO ALL Wl-IOM IT MAY OONOERN:

. Be it known that I, HENRY DOEBELE, of Philo, in the county of Muskingum, and State` of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Spring-Bed Bottom; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a longitudinal vertical section of a bedstead that is provided with my improved bedbottorn. Y

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, the plane of section being indicated by the line a: as, fig. l.

Figure 3 isa detail plan view of the same, 'showing the connection between the slatsand their supports.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. I' v This invention relates to a bed-bottom which is so constructed that it can be easily taken out of the bedstead to be cleaned, and which car- 'no taken apart for transportation whenever desired, and easily put together again. It can be adapted to single or double beds or lounges, as may be desired.

The invention consists in the use ofv two long wooden strips, in which the slats are fastened in such a manner that, by means of four screws, the whole bed-bottom can be connected. Railsare arranged on the sides of the bedstead for the side pieces of the bottom to rest upon; and between the said rails and side pieces are interposed springs, which are secured to the rails.

A A represent the slats, made of wood oir any other'suitable material. Any desired number of them may be used in` any one bedstead. B B are longitudinal strips, being notched on their -upper ends to receive the ends of the slats, on which tenons are formed, to tit into the notches, as is clearly shown in fig. 3. C C are rails irmly attached to the sides ot the bedstead. Springs D D are secured to them by means oil screws. To the upper edge of each strip A is fastened another strip, E, of the same length, in such a manner that it projects over the outer side of the strip A, as is clearly shown in iig. 2. The'under side of the projecting portion of the strips E serves as the supporting surface of the bed-bottom, as it rests upon the springs D, asshown. The strip E also covers the tenoned ends of the slats A, and keeps the latter in their places upon the bars B. By means of metallic elbow-pieces F F, arranged at the ends of the same, the pieces A and E are connected, the same also protecting the said strips from wear and injury. Screws G G are passed through the strips E into the ends of two or more of the slats, whereby the whole bed-bottom will be connected into one. By removingthese screws the slats will be released from the side strips of the bottom, and the same can be taken to pieces for transportation. The bottom can at all times be taken out of the bedstead, in which it is not fastened by any devices.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is-

l. Securing the ends of the slats A A between two plates or strips B and E, and connecting the latter by means of metal elbow-pieces F F, and holding the Whole bottom together by means of screws G, substantially as set forth.

2. Odmhining the above bed-bottom with a bedstead, in which are rails C and springs D for the reception of the bottom, so that the latter can be placed upon the springs and be securely held in the bedstead without being fastened to the same, as set forth.

HENRY DOEBELE.

Witnesses.

GEO. MORRISON, JOHN QUIGBY. 

